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A statement from Weston-super-Mare Coastguard Rescue Team read: "The teenager was first secured to stop any down-draft from the helicopter blowing him off the ledge before being winched to safety where he was checked over by paramedics.

"Luckily he had no injuries and was in good order."

Weston-super-Mare Police tweeted later that the boy "soon regretted trying to be Spider-Man".